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WHAT HAS COLUMNIST WILL BEEN SMOKING?

I wish that for once, a "know it all" journalist such as columnist George Will actually would do some research before writing such drivel ( "Drop 'medical' from medical pot laws," column, Page D3, Nov.  29 ).

There are studies, too many to mention here, that refute almost all of Will's statements.

And if he had just Googled "medical marijuana," he could have found them himself.

Better yet, why didn't he spend a few hours in one of these marijuana businesses? He would have seen that his views were misplaced.

The public health cost of treating marijuana-related illnesses pales in comparison to the cost of treating alcohol-or tobacco-related illnesses, but I see no tirade from Will concerning these legal poisons.

Empirical research has shown that marijuana as medicine reduces the need for many narcotics legally prescribed for various conditions, in some instances replacing these harmful, dangerous and addictive drugs completely with a safer alternative.

Furthermore, discussing methamphetamine in the same article as medical marijuana is akin to comparing stubbing your toe to the Sept.  11 attacks.

It isn't even apples and oranges; it's more like apples and chainsaws.  There is just no common ground.

Michael Boop

Cridersville, Ohio